January 20, 2023#code

I sometimes think about what it would take to start a successful JS framework project in the year 2023…

• You need a library that is different from React, but similar enough that people might actually use it
• You need say it’s “fast”
• You need 10 influencers to get hyped about it because it’s “fast”
• You need a CLI
• You need a specialized linter/formatter
• You need a build process
• You need a custom file extension
• You need components
• You need types
• You need local and global state management
• You need a marketing site
• You need a doc site
• You need dark mode
• You need a module system
• You need a dark mode module
• You need a router module
• You need an auth module
• You need an image module
• You need a metaframework for “apps” but really it’s just to make the doc site
• You need a specialized doc site generator that competes with the metaframework
• You need your metaframework to have islands
• You need your metaframework to do SSG/SSR/CSR/Universal/ISR/ODB/CDN delivery backed by edge functions
• And you need to get VC funding to do all this and ultimately become a cloud hosting provider

…or… I dunno. PHP and Web Components?